New Consciousness Review Winter 2016 - Page 15

HEALTH
But the good news is, bone will reabsorb. We know
that because astronauts return from zero gravity
(no bone impact conditions) with diminished bone
density. They are put on weight bearing exercise
to regenerate the bone lost while in space. Shift
your feet straight and get your weight back in your
heels and those bunions will diminish!
ing that instead of burning fat. There are body
builders that every day create microtears in their
muscle tissue that has to be repaired quickly,
causing overgrowth of fascia and restrictive scarring. They can’t lift their arms over their head
anymore. Over-development of one muscular
group does not help the whole body, it taxes it.
So, before expensive and painful surgery, come
in and learn some simple adjustments to the way
you walk. Imitating your parent’s gait pattern produced bunions. Learn to imitate proper body mechanics and save yourself a lot of time, money and
pain!
 We need enough muscular strength to
stand on one leg for 60 seconds.
 We need enough upper body strength to
lift ourselves off the ground.
 We need enough lung capacity to blow
out 20 candles at once.
 We need the motor skill to be able to lift
the big toe by itself.
 We need to walk with proper alignment
an hour a day in 15 minute segments.
Fitness vs. Wellness
This could also be called Outside vs. Inside or Subjective vs. Objective. “I want to have arms like Jennifer Aniston.” vs. “I want to live an active, healthy
pain-free life. We are bombarded with commercials that promote “rock hard abs” and “buns of
steel,” or promises to “look better than you have
in 10 years”. The models they use are images of
physical perfection. They even show before and
after pictures of how these people look from the
outside. They don’t show the results of their blood
panel, their hormone levels, their X-rays and MRI’s
and they don’t talk about how their joints feel
when they get out of bed in the morning. Their
workouts don’t protect you from high blood pressure, asthma, osteoporosis, pelvic floor disorders,
plantar fasciitis, bunions, joint degeneration, heart
disease, diabetes, and fibromyalgia.
A body mechanics instructor once had the privilege of sitting next to one of the “Biggest Losers”
from TV’s reality show on a plane ride. The participant from Texas talked about stress fractures,
torn ligaments and nearly crippling pain, as well
as the eventual return of all the weight she had
lost. Having been put through the same kind of
“boot camp” training football players endure, her
body was more damaged than when she started.
So much of our protein and energy has to be devoted to repairing the damage we do following
vigorous workouts, that we don’t have the reserves left to nourish us and keep us vital and
healthy. So much lactic acid is generated from
muscular overuse, that our liver is tied up filter-
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That is where wellness can be measured objectively. Begin there and work towards feeling
good. When you feel good on the inside and all
your systems are working with you toward health,
it will shine out from the inside and you will look
better than you have in 10 years!
Heavy Cardio Workouts
According to the Surgeon General, exercise should
be done 3-5 times/week for 30 min/day at an elevated heart rate.
Your heart and blood vessels know how to respond
to regular rhythmic motion. Your connective tissue/
fascial system will automatically “wrap” you tighter to conserve muscular activity. If you don’t innervate muscles your brain isn’t talking to those muscles. Your fascial system clamps down and holds
everything very tightly. That passive kind of constant static pressure is not the pressure that your
heart and blood vessels know how to respond to.
With all this static pressure, you reduce the size of
the “container” for your blood. But you still have
the same volume of blood. Your heart still has to
pump the same amount of blood through a reduced area. This causes your blood pressure to
go up. So, you are told that you have to strengthen your heart if you have high blood pressure. A
vigorous cardio workout induces a stress response